USOPC Mental Health Registry:
To qualify for the USOPC Mental Health Registry, providers must have:
- Active
US license in a designated mental health field.
- Membership
in either the American Psychology Association (APA), Association for
Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), American Counseling Association (ACA),
Alliance of Social Workers in Sport (ASWIS), preferred.
- For
Psychiatrists:
- Board
certified in psychiatry
- Certification
in Sports Psychiatry from the ISSP, recommended
- Current,
valid DEA certificate
- Minimum
of 5 years' experience post-licensure or 5 years post board certification
for psychiatrists.
- Professional
liability insurance: Minimum of $1,000,000 - $3,000,000
- May
not have any limitations, restrictions, or disciplinary actions against
their licenses, or DEA/CDS certificates.
Mental health registry participants along with the
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s (USOPC) full-time medical
and mental health staff provide collaborative, integrated, multidisciplinary
health care services to athletes registered at the US Olympic & Paralympic
Training Centers & Sites (OPTC) in Colorado Springs, CO, Chula Vista, CA
and Lake Placid, NY, and remotely.
Registry members must meet the following criteria to
qualify for the USOPC Mental Health Registry:
- Active US license in designated
field.
- Actively engaged in the sporting
community including providing care for elite athletes within the past five
(5) years (i.e. event volunteering, coverage, local sport team care).
- Experience working with individuals
from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds and abilities.
- Experience
using an Electronic Medical Record system.
- Experience working in a
multidisciplinary team.
- Knowledge of elite athletic culture
and associated relationships (i.e. coaches, service providers, etc.).
- Knowledge of, and ability to
conduct, alcohol and other drug assessments and ability to work with
Olympic and Paralympic athlete population on these issues (Preferred).
- No felony or health care fraud
convictions.
- No disciplinary actions on clinical
license(s).
- No actions, sanctions or discipline
on clinical privileges or employment as the result of sexual
abuse/harassment or substance abuse.
- The USOPC must be notified by the
registry member of any pending criminal charges or disciplinary action by
any medical organization, board, or licensing agency as soon as they are
filed at any time while serving in the USOPC mental health registry program.
- Must have malpractice insurance:
- Policy minimum is $1,000,000 -
$3,000,000
- Provide a current copy of the
declarations page
- Registry members must disclose any
malpractice claims
- Meet the profession-specific
requirements in the following table and provide the requisite
documents.